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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/07/44
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 Ic x 146
Ki-49 Helen x 351
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
403 casualties reported
Airbase hits 31
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 196
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
we launch a massive strike in China. Combined strikes out of three different bases, range 6 hexes. As you can see, a massive amount of bombers has been moved into China, problem is that with the given situation and how the game is modelled, it doesn´t help me at all in regards of fighting the Chinese out of supply shock armies. All I can do is to use those bombers for anti airfield strikes to keep the Chinese from building up the forts from level 6 again. All those bombers were set to ground attacks for weeks, with no result. Either they don´t fly at all, if they fly, then only in small numbers and then they only attack two out of 40 inf units in this hex, so the effect is equally zero... [8|] The enemy units must have been completely starved down, there´s still no flak fire from base forces. Many more units are marching down to Kweiyang so I´m not sure if it will stay a flak free place forever. If flak shows up, then we will have to attack from higher alt, but I guess the flak units would run out of supply in short time anyway.
We will have Franks soon so if the remaining Brit/Aussie/Chinese squadrons at Chungking decide to fight us, then we will destroy them with massive strikes.
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Day Air attack on Blagoveshchensk , at 69,23
Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 96
J1N1-S Irving x 36
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-61 Ic x 40
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 63
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 39th Division, at 43,33
Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 101st Mountain Division, at 69,23
Japanese aircraft
P1Y Frances x 18
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P1Y Frances bombing at 21000 feet
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Day Air attack on 26th Rifle Division, at 69,23
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 27
P1Y Frances x 26
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x A6M3a Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32
Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 113
D4Y Judy x 22
A6M3a Zero x 50
B6N Jill x 177
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x J2M3 Jack bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,78
Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 22
B6N Jill x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Castle, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Fal, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
358 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
2 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
we now start to fight the "scattered" Allied convoy moving towards Australia. Dozens of TFs are spotted, most of them consisting of single ship TFs moving the same directio... 
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,78
Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 23
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Fal, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
the first 59 bombers attacked two ships... [8|]
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,76
Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 25
B6N Jill x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
DD Rocket, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
another 39 to finish an already damaged single DD...
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Day Air attack on TF at 3,77
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 87
B6N Jill x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N Jill: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Rapid
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
hey, also a very nice strike... applause for my opponent for a very well thought out tactic...
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,78
Japanese aircraft
B6N Jill x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Citizen
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
another one bomber strike? Must be because of three dozen single ship TFs... [8|]
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,75
Japanese aircraft
B6N Jill x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Brutus, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Mandalay, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
wow! Another two ship TF? Is this a more than weak attempt to not have it looking completely gamey? Let´s form 12 x 2 ship TFs and another 48 x 1 ship TFs... then it won´t look gamey... pfff...
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,75
Japanese aircraft
D4Y Judy x 27
B6N Jill x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Mandalay, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Brutus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
I think after this turn, all two ship TFs are destroyed...
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,75
Japanese aircraft
B6N Jill x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N Jill: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Samsip, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samphill, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
from time to time we attack merchants that put up very heavy flak fire...
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,75
Japanese aircraft
B6N Jill x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Samsip, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samphill, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
useless strike on already sunk ships...
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,74
Japanese aircraft
B6N Jill x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N Jill: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Samois, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Samharle, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,74
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 68
B6N Jill x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Samcalia
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
another of those strange looking strikes...
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 1
B6N Jill x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Regent
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
just like this one...
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,76
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 1
D4Y Judy x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y Judy: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Samsurf, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
we´re in the afternoon, guess only one ship TFs left...
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Day Air attack on TF at 5,74
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 1
B6N Jill x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
MSW Baroda, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 3,75
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 1
B6N Jill x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N Jill: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Samwater, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B6N Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
seems like not all AKs were carrying troops... makes it even more strange for me as it seems the Allied in India only have very limited shipping and
IMO it´s not worth it to use it for carrying supplies when you want to move more important troops to Australia.
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Day Air attack on TF at 3,75
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 1
D4Y Judy x 22
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Samhain, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
this one was also either empty or was carrying supplies... the ship won´t reach it´s target (which I expect to be Perth)...
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 49251 troops, 526 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1020
Defending force 52726 troops, 28 guns, 151 vehicles, Assault Value = 1082
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
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Ground combat at 43,33
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 109579 troops, 1360 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 2330
Defending force 83262 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1742
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8425 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1082
Defending force 52651 troops, 526 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1020
Allied ground losses:
2 casualties reported
